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MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan announced Thursday that police have begun setting up sobriety checkpoints to ensure motorists drive safely and soberly through the holidays.

A new bill approved by Congress last week would again make the Defense Department the premier funder of security assistance to foreign countries, giving it more than double the comparable budget of the agency popularly associated with America’s foreign aid, the State Department.

With Mitt Romney at or near the top of the polls in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News wanted to find out how his administration might regulate toxic air pollutants.

NEW BRUNSWICK — The assistant director of the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a woman 11 years ago when she was being held at the county’s youth detention center, announced Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Edmond C. Cicchi, warden at the facility.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans had a change of heart and will agree to a two-month extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, which will keep 160 million Americans from having smaller paychecks in the new year.

WEST TRENTON – At the top of the New Jersey State Police’s 2011 holiday wish list is a safe and happy holiday season for the citizens of New Jersey. That includes a dramatic reduction in the traffic fatalities during the Christmas weekend period, especially pedestrian fatalities.

NEWARK — NJ Transit will offer additional holiday service along with a special extension of the Family Super Saver Fare, allowing up to two children ages 5 through 11 to travel free with each customer paying/presenting any valid fare.

There has been considerable debate recently about President Obama’s follow through on a pledge to bring our troops home from Iraq by the end of this year. Critics, however, argue that leaving a vulnerable country at this time sets the stage for a takeover by extremists that threaten peace in that region.